| Historic Name: |
Scott Residence |
Common Name: |
05 Ishiguro Residence |
| Style: |
Colonial |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
| Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1930 |
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| Significance |
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This residence is a good and intact example of the Colonial Revival style. Built in 1930, it is associated with 1930s era development in the Montlake neighborhood. It retains a high degree of integrity and is a contributing resource in the Montlake NRHP Historic District. The earliest known owners were a salesman, Stanley Scott and his wife Ruth, in 1938. Louis and Sara Becker were the owners by 1948 and through the 1950s.
Montlake is generally described as extending from the Washington Park Arboretum west to Portage Bay/15th Avenue E., and from the Montlake Cut on the north to Interlaken Park. The area is a significant and cohesive collection of residential architecture typical of early 20th century Seattle and is eligible as a NRHP historic district under Criterion C. Construction occurred primarily between 1910 and 1940, with a variety of Craftsman and revival styles ranging from modest cottages and builder's houses to high-style architect-designed residences, impressive institutional buildings, and notable parks and natural features. There are few intrusions of newer buildings. In the early 1960s, construction of SR 520 and the unfinished R.H. Thomson Expressway bisected Montlake, but the neighborhood retains its basic integrity as a pre-World War II Seattle neighborhood.
Montlake was incorporated into the City of Seattle in 1891. Although the first plats (Union City 1st and 2nd additions) were filed by Harvey Pike in 1869-1871, development did not really begin until plats were filed by John Boyer (Interlaken, 1905) and H. S. Turner (1907). Montlake Park (north of SR 520) was platted in 1909 by the developers James Corner and Calvin and William Hagan. With the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition came a streetcar line on 24th Avenue E. and an impetus for development. In 1916, the Lake Washington Ship Canal was completed and the Montlake Bridge linked the neighborhood to the university area in 1925. A small commercial district grew along the car line.
The 1903 Olmsted Parks and Boulevards Plan of 1903 surrounded Montlake with parks. Montlake Boulevard (then call University Boulevard) connected Lake Washington Boulevard to the A-Y-P grounds. Washington Park, the eastern boundary, was acquired by the City in 1900 and developed as an arboretum in 1936-41. At the southern edge is steep, forested Interlaken Park and boulevard.
By 1915, the neighborhood had developed enough to require a temporary school building; the permanent structure opened in 1924.Soon afterwards came a playfield and shelter house (1933-36) and a library (1944, replaced 2006). Other noteworthy structures include the Seattle Yacht Club (1920), the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Center (1931), and St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church (1962).
Major Bibliographic References:
King County Tax Assessor Records, 1937-2014.
Becker, Paula. Seattle Neighborhoods: Montlake--Thumbnail History. HistoryLink File # 10170, accessed 12/2/2013.
Gould, James W. Montlake History. http://www.scn.org/neighbors/montlake/mcc_history.Jim_Gould.html
Smith, Eugene. Montlake: An Urban Eden, A History of the Montlake Community in Seattle. La Grande OR: Oak Street Press, 2004.
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| Appearance |
| This two-story house is rectangular in plan with a side-gabled roof with eave returns. A two-story side-gabled projecting bay is located to the rear on the west facade and a tall brick chimney pierces the eaves on the east facade. The house is generally symmetrical in plan with an entry slightly west of center sheltered by a prominent projecting roof pediment supported by round columns at the corners. The six-panel entry door is flanked by ten-part leaded divided lights. Three-part wood frame windows with fixed centers and six-over-one leaded double-hung sides flank the entry on the first floor. On the second floor above the entry is a pair of double-hung six-over-one leaded wood frame windows. Two- double-hung leaded wood frame windows flank the center windows. Similar windows are located on the east and west facades. All second floor windows have wood shutters. A wide, concrete entry walk and steps lead to a raised concrete porch with brick sidewalls and wrought iron railings. To the east of the center walk are lawn, foundation plantings, including a tall, mature camellia at the southeast corner of the house, and mature tree at the southeast corner of the lot. To the west of the entry is a paved driveway sloping downward to a single attached garage at the basement level. The garage door is paneled with lighted uppers. |
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